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There are only 4 threads in the Dual Line Kite section in the month of March in FA .

There are 40 threads in the first two pages of the GWTW Sport Kites forum and only 7 of those are Fearless related . Even without the Fearless related threads. They are still alot more activities here.

A large proportion of FA members live in the UK, and as it's a much smaller place than the US & Canada, there is less variation in weather. Right now it's spring, which means it rains quite often, which is not most peoples idea of ideal flying weather (well, not mine anyway). Quite a lot of contributors will possibly still be in kiting hibernation - when the weather improves, you will probably see increased activity as more people get outdoors and fly. By contrast, look at at the photos of KP8 in California - some of us in the UK would consider that sort of weather pretty good for the summer months, never mind February!

Another factor is the size of the userbase - I have no actual forum figures on this, but population-wise the USA and Canada has a population of around 330,000,000 people, whereas the UK population is around 60,000,000, so GWTW effectively serves around 5-6 times the number of people than FA.

even if it's just to cheer someone on, or say thank you, my intent is to make a post every time i visit. not in an attempt to dilute the conversation, but to encourage and enthuse the participants.

it's my belief there's no quicker way to irrelevance on the internet, than to be static. this includes every website of every type. people seek out new information.

it's great we have a destination and place to communicate. should anyone cruise in here from FA who's been lurking i'd like to welcome them to become an active participant. i have a great deal of respect for the knowledge they hold and would hate to see them disappear over the horizon so to speak.

we have many lurkers, and this is great, but hopefully they'll join the conversation as well. your opinions and experience are just as valid as the rest of us, your ideas just as ingenious, and your pictures and videos just as beautiful. we'd enjoy sharing in them with you.

?? How are you counting threads? At a quick glance there are far more threads that have been updated in March than that.....

Going by actual new threads maybe? I don't know...

- Besides being surprised, I was asking a genuine question. How does one count new threads, besides individually going through all the threads updated in March and looking at the date of the first post?

?? How are you counting threads? At a quick glance there are far more threads that have been updated in March than that.....

Going by actual new threads maybe? I don't know...

- Besides being surprised, I was asking a genuine question. How does one count new threads, besides individually going through all the threads updated in March and looking at the date of the first post?

I was just guessing...I don't know how to do it besides going through all of them. Unless, there is a statistics listing? Some forums have them in the control panel... Again, just a guess...

Well there's 5 unanswered threads from March plus all the answered ones. Just looking through the active threads I got bored at 20 and that only took me back to Mar 20th, so it's not quite as inactive as some would have us believe.

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